illustrative

illustrative
il·lus·tra·tive

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  • Illustrative — Il*lus tra*tive, a. 1. Tending or designed to illustrate, exemplify, or elucidate. [1913 Webster] 2. Making illustrious. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • illustrative — I adjective annotative, clarifying, definitive, delineator/, depictive, descriptive, elucidative, evincive, exemplary, explanatory, expository, figurative, general, graphic, illuminative, indicative, inferential, interpretative, narrative,… …   Law dictionary

  • illustrative — (adj.) 1640s, from ILLUSTRATE (Cf. illustrate) + IVE (Cf. ive) …   Etymology dictionary

  • illustrative — [adj] explanatory allegorical, clarifying, comparative, corroborative, delineative, descriptive, diagrammatic, emblematic, exemplifying, explicatory, expository, figurative, graphic, iconographic, illuminative, illustrational, illustratory,… …   New thesaurus

  • illustrative — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ serving as an example or explanation. DERIVATIVES illustratively adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • illustrative — [i lus′trə tiv, il′ə strāt΄iv] adj. [ML(Ec) illustrativus] serving as an illustration or example illustratively adv …   English World dictionary

  • Illustrative — Die Illustrative ist ein Kunstfestival. Im Zentrum der Illustrative steht eine Ausstellung für zeitgenössische Illustration und Grafik, die eine aktuelle Werkschau dieser Disziplinen zeigt. Erweitert wird die Ausstellung durch einen offenen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Illustrative — L Illustrative est un festival d art qui a lieu chaque année à Berlin. Au cœur de l Illustrative se tient une exposition d illustration et de graphisme contemporains qui est pour ces disciplines une vitrine des dernières tendances. Cette… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • illustrative — adj. illustrative of (illustrative of one s views) * * * [ ɪləstreɪtɪv] illustrative of (illustrative of one s views) …   Combinatory dictionary

  • illustrative — il|lus|tra|tive [ˈıləstreıtıv, strət US ıˈlʌstrətıv] adj 1.) helping to explain the meaning of something illustrative of ▪ The case is illustrative of a common pattern. ▪ For illustrative purposes , only a simple example is given here. 2.) having …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • illustrative — [[t]ɪ̱ləstrətɪv[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ of n If you use something as an illustrative example, or for illustrative purposes, you use it to show that what you are saying is true or to make your meaning clearer. [FORMAL] A second illustrative… …   English dictionary

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